Ileocecal valve
Ileocecal valve | |
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Muscular sphincter | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | valva ileocaecalis s. papilla ilealis |
MeSH | D007080 |
FMA | 15973 |
Anatomical terminology] |
The ileocecal valve (ileal papilla, ileocaecal valve, Tulp's valve, Tulpius valve, Bauhin's valve, ileocecal eminence, valve of Varolius or colic valve) is a
Microanatomy
The
There is also a variable amount of
The ileocecal valve has a papillose structure.
Clinical significance
Colonoscopy
During
Intubation of the ileocecal valve is typically performed in colonoscopy to evaluate the distal, or lowest, part of the ileum. Small bowel endoscopy can also be performed by double-balloon enteroscopy through intubation of the ileocecal valve.[5]
Lesions
History
The ileocecal valve was described by the Dutch physician Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674), and thus it is sometimes known as Tulp's valve.
The ileocecal valve was also described in 1588 by Gaspard Bauhin—hence the name Bauhin's Valve or Valve of Bauhin—in the preface of his first writing, De corporis humani partibus externis tractatus, hactenus non editus.
Additional images
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Ileum, cecum and ascending colon
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Cecum and ileum
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Ileo-cecal valve
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Ileo-cecal valve
References
- ^ S2CID 20747499.
- ^ Barret KE. "Lange Gastrointestinal Physiology". The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006.
- ^ Burkitt HG, Young B, Heath JW. Wheater's Functional Histology: a text and colour atlas. Churchill Livingstone, London, 1993.
- ^ Cotton PB, Williams CB. Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Blackwell Publishers, London, 1996
- PMID 16301054.
- PMID 16249985.
- PMID 15729248.
- PMID 13232170.
External links
- Diagram at amatsu.co.uk
- Largeintestine at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (cecuminside)